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Children’s mispronunciations which have stuck.

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cheesersqueezer · 30/03/2021 22:36

My son said ‘macamori’ instead of macaroni when he was younger. The whole family still refer to it as macamori, years later.

My friends son would ask for a ‘dinky dous’ when he wanted a drink of juice. We still say that now.

Any similar children’s mispronunciation’s which the whole family have adopted as their own?

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Sarahplane · 31/03/2021 00:23

And Fizzy feet for pins and needles

Zancah · 31/03/2021 00:26

My DS, now 15, always called my laptop a Comooooter.
It makes me smile to think about it, I miss hearing it!

LoveFall · 31/03/2021 00:28

Pasketti (spaghetti)
Ying ying room (living room)
Ooo-ah ooo-ah ooo-ah said on repeat while pointing to an airplane in the sky. Who know why.

Mygardenisnotperfect · 31/03/2021 00:31

We have breftix for breakfast, sockydoos for socks and shoes, and fort head for forehead here!

Bobbi73 · 31/03/2021 00:33

Marks expensive (M&S).
Quiet as a cushion. No idea where that came from. Octopuds (Yorkshire pudding).

Teapot13 · 31/03/2021 00:49

Bretfixt for breakfast

The other day DD3 said "I crew" instead of "I cried." Her older sister used to say "Mama boke a cake."

Cowgran · 31/03/2021 00:52

We still call under arms or arm pits "under pits" thanks to my middle daughter 😆 and elbow is "arm bow"

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 31/03/2021 00:54

For years I "squoze" through gaps. I still do if I don't think about it!

We also had radidators and you'd go to hopsital in an ambliance.

JellyTeapot · 31/03/2021 00:55

Kersplode and kerprise for explode and surprise.
Caterpillars are pattypillars and daffodils are dappydills.
A piece of quiet instead of peace and quiet.

I'll be so sad when they stop 😍

MrsAvocet · 31/03/2021 01:05

We've got loads in our family. One of my favourites stemmed from when DD was about 3 and was intently watching her Dad measuring something or other. The conversation went something like this....
"What's that Daddy?"
"It's called a micrometer".
"No! It's not your krommeter, it's MY krommeter!"
DH has subsequently been known to ask someone to pass him a krommeter on multiple occasions at work.
I also have particularly fond memories of a trip to the zoo when a young DS exclaimed that he wanted to see the zebrazubs and wallabits.
More recently the same DS told us that he'd been learning about the Ferrero Islands in geography. I believe they have a very generous ambassador....🤣🤣

caringcarer · 31/03/2021 01:35

Dd called butterfly's flutterbys. DS called lasagne besagne and Lightning McQueen was called Lighting Aqueen.

Eliards2012 · 31/03/2021 01:36

We a have sissy sharks for scissors and rhinocernos always makes me smile!

grandmasterstitch · 31/03/2021 01:53

Bibits for biscuits and trineenal for triangle

taintedtrees · 31/03/2021 01:57

P-y gymmies for pygmies - well read child who'd not heard the word out loud.

sorryforswearing · 31/03/2021 02:24

Parapan for caravan
Bleaching for bleeding
Soldiers for shoulders

Happy days.

altlife · 31/03/2021 02:32

Coopumber for cucumber
Jammies for any long-legged bottoms
Booba for face (?!)

He's 6 but I don't see these going anywhere Grin

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 31/03/2021 02:39

Gribble-ater (Gibraltar) from a Dbro who had never heard it pronounced before he read it.

taintedtrees · 31/03/2021 02:39

Wobblies for wallabies

Allywill · 31/03/2021 04:20

Head Ford (forehead)
Chicken bone sticks (chicken drumsticks)
Computoner (computer)

Youvegotafriendinme · 31/03/2021 04:59

Sunbrella for umbrella

inigomontoyahwillcox · 31/03/2021 05:21

Bor-diddies for strawberries
Leusli bars for muesli bars

and the pièce de résistance ...

York-shit Puddings for Yorkshire Puddings (obvs)

norbert23 · 31/03/2021 05:32

When it's cold, she wears her earmuffins which I love!

BlackAlys · 31/03/2021 05:50

Hottle bottles

FlipFlapFlop1980 · 31/03/2021 05:50

Froke for stroke.

LincolnshireYellowBelly · 31/03/2021 06:08

In our house, anything that happened in the past happened ‘earlier ago’

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